Holdit

Greetings,
My use of the scenario edits has been limited to map-making until now, but I'm keen to try my hand at an actual scenario. I'm starting low-key with a scenario based on small ASL scenario. The map is done and I've added the forces. I'm starting on the AI plans for both sides next. 
I'd like to get some advice on the following...
How are the briefing maps created? I think I downloaded some graphics files once but it didn't seem obvious how to use them and I can't find them now. What is the best way to get a scenario tested and where is the best place to look for testers? I had thought it would be The Proving Grounds, but there seems to be little to no activity there. Are there any copyright issues with converting ASL scenarios for CMx2? Is it better not to use the original name and stay away from any reference to ASL? Where is a good source of copyright-free WW2 photos to use as the scenario image? I know Wikipedia specifies copyright details but I've head that this information isn't always correct. Any advice would be appreciated. I hope to have it in a ready-to-test state sometime in the next two weeks.
 

Nazi Apologia doesn't for good cinema make. This trite about 'Victors writing history' is basically spoon-to-mouth apologism. The overwhelming majority of the US Army's history of WWII was greatly aided by the 'losers' offering their often arrogant and self-serving views of the conflict (Franz Halder, anyone?). To say nothing of the fact that until the wall fell the majority of our English language sources on the Russian Front were from the Germans themselves; which has lead to disastrously ingrained tropes about the Red Army that are often falsehoods with racial undertones. For losing the war so totally the Germans have been able to shape a fairly decent narrative of themselves regardless. 
Sounds like the Director popped a stiffy for a criminal organization and can't get it to deflate. I'll take a pass on this.

Surplus US Army invisibility clothing sometimes comes up for sale

 

 

Would be nice to be able fire mortars and automatic grenade launchers somewhat further behind their line of sight.
Would also be nice to have the "review" stage combined with "giving orders" stage, as sometimes it is difficult to keep track of what happened in the last turn in that particular location to give orders to the troops located there. In bigger battles (battalion+), I actually have to write it down

To celebrate St.Patricks day , how about some Samuel Beckett